National Film Award for Best Actor
National Film Award for Best Actor | |
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Type | National |
Category | Indian Cinema |
Description | Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role |
Instituted | 1967 |
First awarded | 1967 |
Last awarded | 2014 |
Total awarded | 53 |
Awarded by | Directorate of Film Festivals |
Cash award | ₹50,000 (US$740) |
Medal | Rajat Kamal (Silver Lotus) |
Previous name(s) | Bharat Award (1968–1974) |
First awardee(s) | Uttam Kumar |
Recent awardee(s) | • Sanchari Vijay |
The National Film Award for Best Actor, officially known as the Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor (Hindi pronunciation: [rədʒət̪ kəməl]), is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India instituted only since 1967 to actors who have delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry.[1] Called the "State Awards for Films" when established in 1954, the National Film Awards ceremony is older than the Directorate of Film Festivals. The State Awards instituted the individual award in 1968 as the "Bharat Award for the Best Actor"; in 1975, it was renamed as the "Rajat Kamal Award for the Best Actor".[1][2][3] Throughout the past 45 years, accounting for ties and repeat winners, the Government of India has presented a total of 52 "Best Actor" awards to 40 different actors. Until 1974, winners of the National Film Award received a figurine and certificate; since 1975, they have been awarded with a "Rajat Kamal" (silver lotus), certificate and a cash prize.[lower-alpha 1][2]
Although the Indian film industry produces films in around 20 languages and dialects,[1] the actors whose performances have won awards have worked in seven major languages: Hindi (21 awards), Malayalam (13 awards), Tamil (seven awards), Bengali (four awards), Marathi (three awards), Kannada (three awards) and English (two awards).
The first recipient was Uttam Kumar from Bengali cinema, who was honoured at the 15th National Film Awards in 1968 for his performances in Anthony Firingee and Chiriyakhana.[5] As of 2014, three actors—Kamal Haasan, Mammootty, and Amitabh Bachchan—have been honoured thrice and six actors—Sanjeev Kumar, Mithun Chakraborty, Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah, Mohanlal and Ajay Devgn—have been awarded twice. Mithun and Mammootty are the only two actors who have achieved the honour for performances in films in two different languages. Mithun was awarded in 1977 for his performance in the Hindi film Mrigayaa, and in 1993 for the Bengali film Tahader Katha. Mammootty was bestowed with the awards for his performances in four Malayalam films: in 1990 for Mathilukal and Oru Vadakkan Veeragatha, and in 1994 for Ponthan Mada and Vidheyan; and in 1999 for starring as B. R. Ambedkar in the English film Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar (jointly shared with Devgn).[6] The most recent recipient is Sanchari Vijay who was honoured at the 62nd National Film Awards for his performance as a transgender in the Kannada film Naanu Avanalla...Avalu.[7]
Recipients
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Symbol | Meaning |
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Year | Indicates the year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) |
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Indicates a joint award for that year |
Footnotes
- ↑ As of 2014, the cash prize is ₹50,000 (US$740).[4]
- ↑ Bachchan has been the most successful actor since 2000, having won the award two times for his performances in Black (2006) and Paa (2010).[9]
- ↑ Denotes The year in which the film was censored by the Central Board of Film Certification.
- ↑ The character played by Kamal Haasan was loosely based on the Mumbai-based Tamil gangster Varadarajan Mudaliar.[26]
- ↑ Mammooty played the real-life character of Vaikom Muhammad Basheer in the film that was based on an autobiographical novel of the same name by Basheer himself.[29]
- ↑ The character portrayed by Vikram didn't speak a single word in the entire movie
- ↑ The character remained unnamed throughout the film.
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